Decoy



(No Model.)

J. DANZ, Jr.

DEGOY.

No. 311,877. Patented Peb. 10, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB DANZ, JR., OF ST. PAUL, IYIINNESO'JA.l

DECOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,877, dated February10, 1885.

Application filed February 15, 1884.

To @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JACOB DANZ, J r., a citizen of the United States,and a resident of St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey, in the State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Decoys,of which the following specification is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being also had to the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the decoys, showing onemanner of attaching the side wings or plates. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of a portion of the breast77 of one of the decoys.V Figs. 3 and 4are views of two forms of the auxiliary side plates detached. Fig. 5 isa cross-sectional view of the same. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of adecoy, illustrating the manner of attaching and folding the neck andstake of the decoy. Fig. 7 is a perspective view, showing a neck ofdifferent form from that shown in Figs. 1 and 6, and in a differentposition.

This invention relates to decoys used by hunters in luring ducks, geese,Ste., within range of their guns; and it consists in the special deviceshereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings I have shown the decoys formed to represent the outlinesof geese, but they may be formed. to represent ducks or any other birds.V

A is the body or proiile, and B the neck and head pivoted at ato thebody,and adapted to fold down alongside the body when not in use, so asto occupy less space in transporting from place to place.

4 Gis a pointed stake or rod pivoted at one end to the profile A, andadapted to be folded up, as shown by dotted lines at b in Fig. 6, whenthe decoys are being transported, or turned downward and inserted intothe ground to support the .decoys, as shown in Figs. l, 5, and 6, whenthey are in use. Both the folding necks and folding stakes will besuppl'ed with means for holding them in whatever 1osition it is desiredthey shall assume. The

proiiles and necks will be painted to re 'emble\ geese, ducks, 81e., andwhen viewed from the Side very closely resemble live birds; butto renderthem equally as deceptivejwhen looked (No model.)

thin material` a large number of them can be easily packed in a verysmall space for transportation. rEhe plates D D2 may be provided, forthe purpose ot' attachment to the profile A, either with large wireloops'd d2, to fit over the back and beneath the lower part of theprole, and a small loop, d, to fit into a notch, d4, in the breast, asshown in Figs. l, 2, 3, and 5, or with two of the loops d', to iit overthe back7 and one or more to t beneath the profile, as in Fig. 4, thelarge loops being made to fold down upon the wings D D2, as shown indotted lines in Fig. 3,when not in use, and as shown in Fig. 7

Fig. 6 shows the side plate hinged to the body; but this is not myinvention.

The necks B on thediierent decoys of a set are to be shown in differentpositions to represent the birds as in the act ot' feeding, drinking,watching, sleeping, 82e., to impart a still more life-like appearancetothe flock.

In Figs. l and 6, 'for example, the necks are shown erect,while in Fig.7 the neck is shown bent to represent the bird in the act of feeding,Ste. The loops d will be sufficient to support the wings upon theproiiles; but by adding the under loops d'2 they will be more firmlyheld, and not be liable to be displaced by the wind blowing up frombeneath them.

The wings may be arranged at right angles to the profiles, or at aslightly-drooping angle, as preferred.

Having described my invention and set :forth its merits, what I claimisl. In a decoy, the combination, with the vertical profile-plate A, ofremovable Wingplates D D?, secured to the profile-plate by `l`loops ddi, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

2. A decoy composed of a vertical profile- IOO p1ate,A, neok and headplate B, and stake C, ln testimony whereof I have hereunto set -iopivoted thereto, and removable Wing-plates my hand in presence of twosubscribing Wit- D D2, substantially as and for the purpose nesses.herein specified. l

5 8. A decoy provided with a lset of inter- JACOB DANZ, JR.

changeable necks, B B, of different forms, f representing differentpositions or attitudes Vitnesses: of birds, substantially as and for thepurpose C. N. WOODWARD, herein specified. LOUIS FEESER, Sr.

